3:28 PM,
Sep. 17, 2013

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Conventional wisdom heading into the season was that No. 21 Ole Miss could be a better football team than it was a year ago ... and still be 1-2 at this point.

But the Rebels beat both Vanderbilt and Texas on the road, and enter the bye week 3-0 (1-0 SEC). Now the team has two weeks to get ready for a game at No. 1 Alabama, starting a month-long stretch that also includes a road game at undefeated Auburn and home dates with No. 10 Texas A&M and No. 6 LSU.

"That's got to be probably the toughest stretch of games that anyone will have to play this year," Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze said. ...